Another great artist will be visiting and performing live here at Sooke Harbour House, Friday February 11th, 2011, doors open 6:45, show starts 7:30, tickets on sale now at Sooke Harbour House or online (see below) $15.00 Formerly of “Doubting Paris”, Tim is a singer, song writer and guitarist. This year Tim is celebrating the release of his new album “Love Songs for the Weary Traveller”. Music samples are available at www.timlindbergmusic.com. Tim has performed across...
Read MoreReaders’ Choice Awards from Conde Nast Traveler, Sooke Harbour House among the top 30 hotels in Canada…
We want to share our happiness and gratitude to you our guests and readers of Conde Nast Traveler for choosing our small hotel among the best in Canada. We are also thrilled to be in such good company with The Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino among the top 20 resorts in Canada and the Wedgewood Hotel in Vancouver as one of the best hotel in Canada. Vancouver Island is third Best Island in North America and Vancouver is first Best City and Victoria is fourth among the top ten...
Read MoreA showcase of local cuisine and a passion for food, art and gardens
http://mediacentre.canada.travel//content/ctc-blog/sooke-harbour-vancouver-island We love to encourage people to visit our little inn on the edge of the Pacific and experience local, seasonal and organically grown...
Read MoreThe Prince, Agaricus augustus
George Butcher found the Prince mushroom, Agaricus augustus in his yard this weekend and shared some with me. They were at the button stage. This is one of the very best edible mushrooms there is. This mushroom is meaty, on the sweetish side and is almondy at this stage in development. This is one of the easier agaricus to identify because of its big permanent ring, large size, shaggy stem and almond scent. It usually grows in the open and, in this case, grew near...
Read MoreBoletus Smithii
I found about 6 of these mushrooms last week and Oluna Ceska was kind enough to identify them for me. They were growing in a mixed conifer, west facing, sloping forest which was made up largely of western hemlock near the beaches north of Jordan River. There was a lot of rotting wood on the ground. Although Trudell and Ammirati (pg 219) identify the flavour as mild, several of us found this mushroom to be an excellent edible! As you can see from these photographs, my...
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